Nissa FRC by CRTLines

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color (non-green) big-mana battlecruiser strategy helmed by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. The deck's primary game plan is to accelerate mana aggressively in the early turns using efficient mana rocks and land fixers to deploy Nissa by Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, Nissa's landfall ability turns every land drop into both card draw and a free creature deployment directly from the top of the library. With a creature suite packed with colossal threats—including Eldrazi titans, Blightsteel Colossus, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum—each land drop drastically swings the board state. Auxiliary cheat cards like Sneak Attack, Show and Tell, and Reanimate provide robust backup paths when Nissa is disrupted. The deck finishes games rapidly through overwhelming combat steps and annihilator triggers by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 2 Island
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kefka, Dancing Mad
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Moon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Xander's Lounge